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Forestville Fishing Club

Forestville Fishing Club from directly overhead

Forestville Fishing Club is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 57 m. Johnnycake Mountain stands 354 m to the north-northwest, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Toffolon Preserve, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 28 miles off.

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How to reach it

Coordinates41.62666, -72.91679

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Attractions
Waterfalls
  • Cascades: 1.3 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Intermittent Cascade: 5.7 mi
  • Cascade: 7.0 mi
  • Freeman Hill Brook Falls: 7.2 mi
Museums
Parks
Historic sites
  • Bristol Spanish War Veterans Monument: 3.9 mi
  • Edward G Swicklas Employee Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Rochambeau Monument: 4.0 mi
  • plinth: 6.0 mi
  • James P. Casey plaque: 6.6 mi
Gardens
Artworks: 50
  • Home: 7.5 mi
  • Maori Head: 8.0 mi
  • Ben Franklin: 8.3 mi
  • Whale Sculpture: 8.3 mi
  • Greetings from Waterbury: 8.3 mi
Cliffs: 20
  • Green Wall: 6.7 mi
  • Porcupine Hole: 6.7 mi
  • Whitestone Cliffs: 7.1 mi
  • Ravens Roost: 7.5 mi
  • Petro Cliffs: 7.5 mi
Beaches: 10
Rest areas: 5
  • Southington Rest Area: 3.8 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 10.3 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 13.5 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 24.9 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 24.9 mi
Springs: 5
  • Hermit spring: 18.3 mi
  • Cold Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Cannavo Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 23.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 6.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.7 miles of Forestville Fishing Club. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Johnnycake MountainNNW 336°354 m9.7 mi
South MountainNW 314°313 m2.2 mi
Lindsley HillW 264°312 m2.5 mi
Clinton HillW 263°303 m4.8 mi
West PeakSE 140°301 m5.8 mi
Scranton MountainNNW 344°300 m9.6 mi
Becar HillW 264°297 m3.7 mi
Mount HopeNNW 335°297 m6.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1819:4820:30
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1615:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436380

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